The meeting, hosted by the University of Manchester National Graphene Institute, brought together graphene industry experts, as well as those just entering the exciting field of graphene applications. Large intrernational electronics, transportation, and resource companies, among others, mingled with graphene suppliers and producers, exchanging ideas and experiences.

At the presentations, as well as during the productive lunch and coffee breaks, the meeting served to bring everyone up to speed about the most recent progress in application landmarks, reliable production methods of high, uniform quality and unique material properties to meet requirements for different commercial applications, scalability issues (scaling up production while keeping costs down and bringing up the quality), integration with existing manufacturing equipment, and investment prospects and perspectives. The meeting, similar to all other graphene meetings, brushed upon other monolayer and low-dimensional materials, which possess equally interesting properties often complementary to those of graphene.

Graphenea is certainly at the heart of the growing graphene industry, as one of the world's top providers for both the science and industry. We continue to strenghten our ties with other graphene business leaders, as we network with fresh businesses that are just entering the arena. Keeping a strong tie with the industry is an essential component of our business strategy, as we initiate and participate in new international projects, collaborations, and application development. We'll keep bringing news about our activities in particular, but also from the graphene industry at large, as we experience it at the very exciting graphene meetings and conferences throughout the summer.

The technology, while peraphs gimicky, shall introduce new ways to manufacture more important things Like all those advanced 3D printers needed to mass produce the 100,000 square miles of solar panel (and adjacent batteries) needed to create mega install jobs (and avert XSCO2).

Alain Roy on July 30, 2014

I’ve been impressed with the speedat which new innovative applications are arising. The challenges are great, yet the needs for this carbon multi-faceted material are greater. All the best. Look forward to hearing from you in the future. P.s. I’ m concerned over the American debate over the current war (AC/DC). General Electric has sparked this debate recently and has amassed new propoents who contend that DC is the only way to incorporate the emergence of photovoltaic and wind power.